to up and ...

• n-va1 maligumaaniba ... dii vana ti zani bɛ tooni the priests ... ' broke in on them'.
• Binchɛralana yuri Ti miilima ka o va n-yina. A torn-clothes-person likes “Let’s tie (put) on our clothes” so that she/he can get up and rush out.
• alikama maa daa ti va puya m-pil’ dɔɣibu 'the corn sprouted and began to fill out'.
• Miri ka a va n-zani naa tooni Do not push yourself forward at court.
• o sakpuɣu maa ŋmirigi bɛ ni daa vari saha shɛli maa the hollow of his thigh was dislocated as they wrestled.
• o ni daa ti bi doo, o daa vala Naawuni 'in manhood he strove with God'.
• Tampiŋ zuɣu kpam nyaligi doya di ku va ni suli. Sheabutter that has melted on a sandstone rock will not be collected with anger.
• (bɛ) va bɛ ni kaɣisi taŋkpa’ shɛli maa ti bahi tiŋ’ maa tariga tampuli zuɣu (they) collect up the ashes that have scraped together and dispose of it on the rubbish dump on the edge of town.
• n laɣim bɛ daazichi n-vaai li kaman nir’ ni vari gala shɛm la I gather their wealth and take it away as people collect eggs.
• Baa so ŋun nye o karimbaani bindi o ni va karimbaani vaabu. The dog that shits a proud shit will struggle to collect it.
• Kachaɣu daa chaŋ nti ʒini Gbewaa gbandi maa zuɣu ka va nam nɛma n-niŋ o maŋa. Kachagu went and sat on Chief Gbewaa's skins and got hold of the regalia and arrayed himself with them.
• O ni yi nyam, ka o ni sɔhira, o varila tiŋa. When he (horse) is excited he quivers and 'eats up the ground'.

to wrestle

• Yawɛ, chɛ ka a mini bɛn vari ma la va Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me.

to struggle with

to pick up, collect from the ground